Sito fotografico di Mirko Zanni

"In 1989, Swiss-born Mirko Zanni enrolled in a open water diving course with a friend, hoping to explore even more of the colourful world.Though he was a photographer by nature, it was a while before he began taking pictures of the fabulous fish and landscapes he had seen. "Photography was always a passion of mine: the camera was an essential tool to bring with me on any occasion; to immortalise the places, actions, people and wonderfully colourful events”. After a few years of diving he decided te merge his two passions photography and the underwater world into one. Mirko learned the practical techniques from the field's biggest practitioners, names like David Doubilet, Kurt Amsler and Franco Banfi; and began practising in the rivers near his home. Now he dives all over the world with his girlfriend and model Tanja Porta, and his daughter Asia. Mirko’s photographic tastes are diverse his most favourite subjects are tiny fishes (for which he uses his macro lens) and spectacular wide-angle shots, talken wlth his prized 16mm fish-eye lens.

His work regularly appears in magazines Aquanaut and Fotospiegel (Switzerland), Diving a Fondo (Spain), Neptun (Russia), Sub (Italy) DYK (Sweden), Tauchen (Germany), Asian Diver and Scubadiver (Singapore), The Big Blue (Poland), and he has won numerous photographic awards, including the prestigious World Underwater Photography Festival in Antibes (France), in the Celebrate the Sea Photo & Video Competition has won the Special David Doubilet Award for Best Portfolio in 2002 and 2004. At the Underwater Photography World Champion 2000 he won the third place in wideangle category.

The equipment used:
Minolta 9xi in Seacam housing; Lenses Minolta 16mm fish-eye, 14mm, 20mm, 50mm AF 2.8f macro, 100mm AF 2.8f macro, 180mm AF macro, 17-35mm Zoom. Four Subtronic Gmbh strobes mounted on Technical Lighting Control System arms, are used to light the scenary. His preferred films are: Kodak 100 VS which give better colors results.